Watch Me Read You - Anatole

Watch me read you

The turning pages of an epic

Dissected hallucinogenic

Black coffee addict

Life, ended lies

Cold on that metal tray

Wasting away

I watch him sneer at me

From beyond the grave

I hear him call for me

Watch me read you

I get scared when it falls dark

The creeping shadows up my arm

The sneaking scarecrows

Work their charm

But circumstantial

The way I blink when you get mad

Feel disarmed when you get sad

But turn to run when we fall back

On old behaviors

When the flavor turns from sweet to sour

That’s the hour that I seek

The heavy hearts

And tired retreats

With words of hatred

Watch it seep through skin

Like sap through bark

I cower in the dark

Til your return

When will I learn?

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It’s hard to let your breath out when you’re used to holding it

She’ll go (ohh)

Got out through the window (ohh)

It’s her (ohh)

Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again

«The beautiful colors of the people’s faces…»

«…and the way they sat on top of those necks»

Watch me read you

Like words ripped right off the page

Another ghost, another day

Of melancholy, UV rays

And heavy eyelids

You just decided not to care

Compressed your fears

And cut your hair

Lifted your shirt

To find there’s nothing there

Now read me:

Red wine, copper stained

With curly hair and crazy eyes

Impulsive mouth

She loves the rain

But not the dark

You feel insane

The overpass is wet with blood

She turns to you to say

«Hey.

We can’t exist»

And in that moment, it’s just bliss

It’s like you’ve missed

A thousand years and as you kiss

It’s like you drift

Between here and there

Between real and fake

As I hold my breath I can’t see your face

Watch me read me,

Read you, read them, read us:

Everyone’s a burning book on

Trust and lust and love and what we are and what we’re made of

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It’s hard to let your breath out when your used to holding it

She’ll go (ohh)

Got out through the window (ohh)

It’s her (ohh)

Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again

So don’t just see me

Oh surround me

It’s getting harder, babe, to focus on just one thing

It’s enigmatic

Truly astounding

The way we stand together

But we are still drifting

You are so absent

But you consume me

And when the sun goes down the night it wraps around me

You try to stand still

I can’t help moving

You’re like the moon that draws the tide that rushes through me

We never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

Breathing the smoke from others mouths and lying in the dirt

So make a promise but then later we can just forget

It’s hard to let your breath out when your used to holding it

She’ll go (ohh)

Got out through the window (ohh)

It’s her (ohh)

Maybe it’s a shadow (ohh)

You never wanted to be more than just a silhouette

But when you cry the light reflects and I see you again

(Ohh)

I see you again

(Ohh)

I watch you read me

The burning pages of my life

Reduced to ash and overnight

I find my body

Is not mine